Colorhue Instant-Set Silk Dyes

USE FOR: silk painting, dip dyeing, crinkle dyeing, Shibori, batik and much more

USE ON: silk and other protein fibers, devore´ (cut silk/rayon blend) satins and velvets (most of the color will be on the silk backing. Seems to work somewhat for pastels on several cellulose fibers, but we recommend testing!

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1-4

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2 oz.

$22.00

$20.15

$18.45

8 oz.

$54.00

$49.55

$45.39

Colorhue Silk Dyes are instant-set concentrated silk dyes that require no mixing of powders, additional chemical additives, or heat setting. The only other thing you need is plain tap water to dilute the concentrated liquid colors to the desired shade.

These are great when you need fast results and are not too concerned with depth of color. Black is the most difficult color and comes out more of a maroony eggplant. Good silk dyes for beginners, classes, and quick projects.

Textile dyes are coloring agents that bond with the fibers of your fabric. They are soluble in water and will not affect the feel of the fabric. Colorhue Instant-Set Silk Dyes are true coloring agents that penetrate the fibers of your silk.

Colorhue is a concentrated dye approximately 15 to 20 drops of the concentrated dye in a 1/2 cup of water will make a medium shade of the above colors. Dilute even more for pastels. Keep in mind that you will never get the depths of shade that you can get with professional silk dyes and steaming. Black is the hardest color to get and comes out more like a maroony eggplant.

Using Colorhue Dyes is easy, fast and efficient because they require no setting procedures, such as timing prerequisites or heat processes in order to complete the coloring. This dye does not require mixing powders or any additional chemical additives to augment the liquid dye. The only additive needed is plain tap water to dilute the concentrated liquid colors to the desired shade. Instant gratification folks!

These properties make this dye fantastic for beginners, teaching classes, dip dyeing, ribbon dyeing, silk painting, shibori, and much more. Best on silk, this product also gives visually interesting results on fabrics and scarves with silk blends, like devore (etched) silk/rayon satin or velvet. We have also gotten some color to stick on cellulose fibers like cotton, linen, rayon and hemp, but we highly recommend testing as our results were very mixed!!! Great where the depth of color is not as important as getting it done quick. This product has a unique niche that it fills marvelously, but we don't recommend this product if you want vivid deep colors.

COLORHUE Silk Dyes are instant-set, to be used on silk, wool and other protein fibers. Cool results on mixed fiber blends too, like silk/rayon devore´(etched) satins and velvets, where most of the color goes on the silk, and it is more pastel on the rayon. We also got it to work somewhat on some cellulose fibers like cotton, rayon, linen and hemp, giving pastel color, but we recommend testing because the results really varied on these fibers.

To set them, you simply let them thoroughly dry. Do rinse in cool water to remove excess dyes.Keep in mind that because they are "instant" setting dyes, you cannot do some of the techniques you can do with other silk dyes or paints, like salt and alcohol techniques. But keep on reading, because there is a lot of cool stuff you can do!

Set-up:

Gloves, Pipettes, plastic or glass containers, zip-lock bags

I do recommend using gloves, as these dyes are very concentrated. Use plastic or glass containers for mixing your dyes. For storage, of leftover dyes mixed with water, it is best to use glass. For dying small pieces, you can also dye in zip-lock bags. Do not use metal containers or utensils with this dye.

Color Mixing:

Start by putting a little water in container, then add dye, using pipettes. Pipettes will help you both measure and prevent spillage. Add more water once you have the desired color. This dye is concentrated. Standard ratio is 3 parts water to 1 part dye (for stronger colors, dilute more for lighter colors). I take a scrap of fabric, wet it and dip it in the dye container, to check the color. Of course, more water will make the colors lighter, and more dye will make it darker. Note that blue looks purple in the bottle, but once it is brought out of the water, air makes it turn blue.

Colors:

You can easily mix the dyes together to create numerous shades.

Rose + Yellow = Orange

Yellow + Blue = Green

Blue + Rose= Violet

Rose+ Green+ Yellow = Brown

Black can be added to any of the resulting colors to make the color darker

Try mixing a little Yellow into the Rose to get more of a Red

Bubble Pack or Dry cleaning Bags:

This is a fantastic technique that picks up the pattern of the plastic.

1. Lay the plastic, bubble side up. If using dry cleaning bags, slit it, then wrinkle

2. Lay silk, right side down on the plastic

3. With a large foam brush, brush the fabric with water. This merges the plastic and silk together, and the pre-wetting prevents streaking.

4. Mix Colorhue, typically 3 parts water to 1 part dye, and stir.

5. Using a foam brush, brush on the dye.

6. Let dry for at least one hour before removing from the plastic.

7. Dry, then press.

Pleating:

Because this dye is so instant, you can brush on several colors, and there is very little merging of colors.

1. At the ironing board, pleat your fabric into 1 inch pleats.

2. Using rubber bands, wrap the fabric. Wherever the bands are, the fabric will remain white.

3. Using foam brushes, push the dye into the areas between the rubber bands. Using 3 colors usually works best, more gets too busy.

Marbles:

1. Lay out plastic over your table.

2. Place marbles in fabric, and tie in place with rubber bands.

3. Brush on the dye using foam brushes.

Evenly Dyeing:

Note: For deeper colors add more dye and just enough water to cover the fabric. The longer you leave the fabric in the darker it will be. If the water is very light the dye has been absorbed. Take fabric out, add dye, stir, place fabric back in and stir. If leaving in for over an hour stir every 15 minutes to keep color even.

1. Prepare fabric by pre-wetting. Simply place in a large container of water, and stir. Take it out of the water, placing in an empty container.

2. In the container of water, pour dye.

3. Place the wet silk in the dye water and stir until all dye is absorbed. The silk absorbs the dye, leaving the water clear. Hang to dry.

Uneven Dyeing:

1. Scrunch your silk, and tie with rubber bands or clothespins.

2. Dip in dye OR place in a zip lock bag.

3. Squeeze out dye, dry and repeat for second color.

Spritz it!:

1. Cover your area with white plastic. Dilute the dye with water, and pour into a spray bottle.

This Colorhue Silk Dye Set includes six .5 oz bottles of concentrated dye in assorted colors along with six pipettes, instructions and technique suggestions. Great for beginners and classes. Everything you need to add color to silk, linen, rayon and wool fast, with no chemicals or steaming.

This Colorhue Silk Dye Set includes ten .5 oz bottles of concentrated dye in assorted colors along with instructions and technique suggestions. Great for beginners and classes. Everything you need to add color to silk, linen, silk/rayon and wool fast, with no chemicals or steaming.

My most important requirement for dying silk scarves was no heat setting yet having pretty colors as a base for my fabric painting with fabric markers.I bought the small 6 color set to try these. These are fabulous!!! I got my scarf wet first then I used a quart size baggie with maybe a cup or so of water (I did not do any measuring) and a small pour from the bottle of dye into the water. I added the scarf stirred and squeezed the extra liquid out of it then rinsed it in tap water before hanging it up to completely dry.It was a lovely medium dark jewel tone color. I still had dye in the water so I put in a wet scarf and ended up with a lovely pastel version of the same color.After completely drying ... I handwashed the scarves using no soap. None of the color washed out

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12/21/2010

5

I saw a review asking "why no red". I watched the DVD and it was explained that many lines of dye don't contain what most people call a"true red" rather it can be mixed from the fuchsiamagenta and yellow colors that are available. I got a great "fire engine red" with just a little mixing. Love this stuff clean up was a breeze.

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3/5/2011

1

The instructions are very sparse. I painted a silk burnout scarf (rayon pilesilk backing) based on the understanding it would dye silk and rayon expecting different intensity between the fibers. It was beautiful in shades of rose purple blue and teal - I loved how the dyes mixed to create just about any color I could imagine. After it was dry I rinsed it in cold water to remove excess dyes and every red based color fell out. I have a lovely scarf in washed out shades of denim blue but all the effort of color mixing and applying was wasted. Each area where there had been a rose color (either straight or mixed) had a halo of the original color on the silk backing but otherwise the color was gone. The fringe I had painted each set of threads with the different tones they all washed out to blue.

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8/9/2011

5

I have been using these dyes for over a decade. They are great for classes and projects where you don't want to have to heat or chemical set. They are very very easy to use. If I want a very specific color or want to dye larger projects I use a "traditional" acid dye. If you want to dye something solid black then no this is not the dye for you. If you use fabric that is not 100% silk then yes expect to have varying results. I personally have never had issues with colors running while washing with warm or cold water but I haven't tried it with Milsoft and hot water. I find that a warm water wash with mild detergentsoap with a rinse of everyday fabric softener works just fine. But again - if you're teaching silk dyeing classes especially with kids - it's the best!

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11 of 11 users found this review helpful.

12/1/2010

4

I have used these for awhile with shibori and they are fast easy and fun. They are great with soy wax as there is no heat needed so a design will hold for immersion in a single color.

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7/1/2015

4

Love that these dyes do not have to be heat set. The colors are vivid. Like that i can make the color I want just by adding water.

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6/24/2015

1

This is not a true dye as it does not penetrate the fiber. It is more of a paint than a true dye. Cut across a silk habotai scarf that is 8mm and you will see the color does not penetrate the fiber. Soft gentle blending is impossible and everything looks like a 'poke your eye out' bright regardless how much dilution is done.

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2 of 3 users found this review helpful.

5/29/2015

5

Worked fast - I used it to create an ombre effect and it cut the dying time down by 23.

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4/29/2015

4

I'd give these dyes five stars but two things prevent: they are expensive and the colors are not as clear and saturated as the procion mx dyes. However the Colorhue silk dyes are incredibly easy and fast to use!

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4/2/2015

5

Perfect for a classroom setting instant results.

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12/17/2014

5

I bought a set of colors used them in a class and had wonderful results.

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12/11/2014

5

Highly concentrated air-set dyes. A little goes a long way. Works great for make and take silk classes.

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11/20/2014

5

I have been involved in creative dyeing on silk for awhile now and look for great results while keeping the process simple. In other words I don't want to pull out a hazmat suit or chemistry book to have fun! I sell my work so I cannot afford to spend two days on 1 scarf and sell it for a pittance either. That's where the Colorhue dyes come in. The Colorhue ARE instant-set and the resulting pastel like shades leave the scarf soft-as soft as steam setting. Buy the DVD subscribe to blogs my Marlene Glickman. Take the time to readlisten to the instructions and play with the dye and learn to mix your favorite colors. Understand what it will and will not do. Very few textile artists dye with just 1 product. I work with a number so the Colorhue is what I use for a particular "look." It is very concentrated. I have never had a wash out issue (and I am not gentle with my silk-better I find out than a client!) It will not produce the brilliance of steam set nor dye paints. But I get great results from the techniques shown in the video by using templates and by using the spray bottles You can easily dye a dozen scarves in less than an hour if you need a beautiful group for a show! No heat set no steam set no ironing (unless you want to). I am pleased with it!

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